Man, 33, charged in 100 mph chase through Yonkers

8:56 PM,
Feb. 12, 2013

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A Yonkers man is facing multiple charges after he fled a Westchester County police officer at more than 100 mph early Tuesday, drove the wrong way on one road and even turned off his headlights at one point, authorities said.

Eli Robinson, 33, was finally stopped about 2 a.m. and arrested after struggling with officers beside the Cross County Parkway, county police spokesman Kieran O'Leary said.

Officer Michael Petruolo was on the Yonkers Avenue exit ramp of the northbound Saw Mill River Parkway at 1:52 a.m. when he saw a green Subaru start up the ramp and then swerve back onto the parkway in an ...